Anyway, I digress. I think this is the first soup I taught my friend to make. It is super easy, as all it requires is to prepare the vegetables and use a bought stock - a good quality one though, that relies on the flavour of the ingredients and not an over-abundance of salt. No blending, no roux, no cream to add and hope it doesn't split, just a simple basic vegetable soup. I think it is delicious though, and I make it a lot during winter. Obviously if you have the time and know-how to make your own stock that will make it even better.
I cut my vegetables on the chunky side, but if you prefer them finely sliced that will work just as well.
Ingredients
1 onion, chopped2 carrots,sliced
1 parsnip,sliced
1 turnip, sliced
1 potato, diced
1 litre of stock
Method
Sauté onion in a little oil or butter until translucent.Add in the remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer until all the vegetables are cooked. If soup is too thick, add water to increase the liquid.
Serve with crusty bread.
It must be our European roots - I too put the vegetables in chunks into the soup. Actually, soup making is a hindrance to a lot of people and not everyone can make good soup. I am amazed how people can eat canned soup.
ReplyDeleteUgh I hate canned soup, it often tastes of preservatives or salt. I guess there is an art to cooking that some people don't understand!
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